NOT MINE

All my life to pretend this world of theirs 
          is mine
And to know such pretending is disgraceful.
But what can I do? Suppose I suddenly screamed
And started to prophesy. No one would hear me.
Their screams and microphones are not for that.
Others like me wander the streets
And talk to themselves. Sleep on benches in parks,
Or on pavements in alleys. For there aren't
          enough prisons
To lock up all the poor. I smile and keep quiet.
They won't get me now.
To feast with the chosen -- that I do well.

Czeslaw Milosz, ROAD-SIDE DOG